Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish lives
Ireland is the place they started school, joined sports clubs – yet their parents worry about how changes to citizenship eligibility may haunt their future.
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One man who’s been involved has been trying to organise a social event on a nearby council football pitch, something the council says it’s “monitoring”.
The island off Howth is a haven for puffins, cormorants, and more. But human visitors have continued to stress them.
“You have to leave some for the other children!”
Years back, the Office of Public Works said it would figure out what to do with the homes on Garda Terrace, but it still hasn’t yet said what.
A council spokesperson says they are looking at reopening a basement cafe, and exhibition space.
And Danny Groenland puts “his activist spirit front and centre”.
“Every child I have been with on admission to emergency placements, whether it is foster care or residential, has told me they are scared,” says Claire Brogan, a practice manager with Barnardos.
The doors of the two-storey blocks at St Anne's Court are now boarded over. All doors, that is, but three.
“Any blue bags that are there, we're not sure who's giving them out.”
It’ll be used by more than the football team, said club committee member Keith O’Connell, but open to other local groups and a youth club too.